BlueChoice HealthPlan Earns Highest National Accreditation for Fifth Straight Time.COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance National Committee for Quality Assurance Medical practice A private, not-for-profit organization which has become the leading accreditor of managed care plans; in site visits, NCQA reviewers evaluate a managed care plan in terms of quality management, physicians' (NCQA NCQA National Committee on Quality Assurance, see there ) awarded BlueChoice HealthPlan of South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. an "Excellent" accreditation accreditation, n a process of formal recognition of a school or institution attesting to the required ability and performance in an area of education, training, or practice. . This is the fifth consecutive time that the health plan has achieved NCQA's highest level of accreditation. BlueChoice HealthPlan received the highest possible score for each area reviewed during the onsite assessment. The company also completed an additional voluntary audit of its care management and health promotion programs and was awarded the Quality Plus Distinction in Care Management and Health Improvement. NCQA is an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to assessing and reporting on the quality of managed care plans. It is governed by a board of directors that includes employers, consumer and labor representatives, health plans, quality experts, policy makers and representatives from organized medicine. "Excellent" is the highest level accreditation status. "It is partly a health plan's members that determine whether it earns NCQA's Excellent Accreditation status. Any plan that does so should be proud of its accomplishment. It is a sign that the plan's delivering great service and great care - it's met the toughest test in managed care," said NCQA President Margaret E. O'Kane. "NCQA's mission is to provide information that enables purchasers and consumers of managed healthcare to distinguish among plans based on quality, allowing them to make more informed healthcare purchasing decisions," said BlueChoice HealthPlan President Mary Mazzola Spivey. "To have the quality and value of our services validated val·i·date tr.v. val·i·dat·ed, val·i·dat·ing, val·i·dates 1. To declare or make legally valid. 2. To mark with an indication of official sanction. 3. at the highest level for the fifth straight time by an independent review is phenomenal." The NCQA review process involves teams of physicians and managed care experts conducting on- and off-site evaluations and is based on the results of a member satisfaction survey and clinical quality measures. NCQA has purposely pur·pose·ly adv. With specific purpose. purposely Adverb on purpose USAGE: See at purposeful. Adv. 1. set the standards high to encourage health plans to continuously enhance their quality. BlueChoice HealthPlan of South Carolina (www.BlueChoiceSC.com) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, and both are independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
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